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Please note that your story must be 500 – 2000 words, focus on academic transition and success (not cultural or social experience) after you started studying here in the US, and include a specific incident whose message youdiscuss more or less explicitly before or after describing the incident. See featured stories for example.

If the initial draft needs to be revised for clarity of meaning, you will be asked to do so. Your story will be published anonymously in a separate page after it is reviewed.

If you’d like to, please review the official consent page before submitting your story using the form below.

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NOTE: This site is part of a web-based research project and is approved by Stony Brook University’s IRB Office. If you have any questions about the study, you may contact the researcher, Dr. Shyam Sharma, at ghanashyam.sharma@stonybrook.edu. If you have any questions about your rights as a research participant, you may contact Ms. Judy Matuk, Stony Brook University’s Committee on Research Involving Human Subjects, at 631-632-9036, or by e-mail, judy.matuk@stonybrook.edu.You will receive a $15 gift card for contributing a story, (max $45 for three submissions). You can use the gift code, which will be sent to the email you provide below, for any purchase on Amazon.com.